Male or female?

[octavia]

Hello! I am very new to owning a Chameleon. I've had a few lizards before a long time ago, but I know they are very different from each other.
This is my Chameleon:

I like he/she. Although they seem to be stressed very easily.
Any way, I was told that this is a male. I got them from Petco. I've been doing some reading and picture looking on Veiled Chameleons, and from what I can tell, they look like a female. But, I can't always tell myself, so I wanted to ask people who actually knew what they were talking about. I was also told to feed them once a week, like 10 - 15 crickets at a time, and I've also seen somewhere that you are supposed to feed them once every day or every other day about half that. I just wanted to make sure of that as well.
Here are a few more pictures of Octavia/Octavius:

Also, will too much handling kill them?
Any help is appreciated, thank you so very much!!

 

[CarlC]

Are there multiple chameleons? All females


Carl

 

[NHenn]

How long have you had her? All the pictures showing her left side have me worried. Her legs looks to have extra bends and are swollen. This makes me think there might be bone breaks and fractures which means MBD. Could you please fill out the https://www.chameleonforums.com/how-ask-help-66/ so we can be sure you have the proper setup as whatever Petco told you is most likely wrong.

Also, please read through everything you can about their correct husbandry and care. https://www.chameleonforums.com/basic-husbandry-38769/

 

[octavia]

Are there multiple chameleons? All females


Carl

No, there's only one of them! I thought that might have been a bit concerning because she would change a totally different color and puff up, looking like a different chameleon.

 

[octavia]

How long have you had her? All the pictures showing her left side have me worried. Her legs looks to have extra bends and are swollen. This makes me think there might be bone breaks and fractures which means MBD. Could you please fill out the https://www.chameleonforums.com/how-ask-help-66/ so we can be sure you have the proper setup as whatever Petco told you is most likely wrong.

Also, please read through everything you can about their correct husbandry and care. https://www.chameleonforums.com/basic-husbandry-38769/

I've only had her since Saturday, so about 5 days.
But thank you. I have school today, so my mom wont know about it until after classes (because I'm still in high school).

 

[NHenn]

Ok, so if there is anything wrong it is 100% Petco's fault, she can't get MBD in 5 days. I assume they didn't dust her feeders with supplements and they didn't provide her with a UVB bulb.

Read through everything and I would post your answers to the how to ask for help under a new thread on the health clinic. That way more people will see it and can respond to try and help you out.